Portland, ME arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

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There are 431 arts, culture, and humanities organizations in the greater Portland Maine metro area, including the cities of Portland and South Portland. Combined, these Portland metro arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits employ 2,326 people, earn more than $230 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $481 million.

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Types of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Portland

Nonprofit type	Number	Employees	Revenues	Assets
Performing arts organizations	128	1,404	$59,920,749	$91,607,036
Historical societies and organizations	90	79	$100,065,372	$127,349,639
Arts and culture promoting and producing organizations	80	184	$12,736,143	$24,832,927
Museums	45	533	$33,999,295	$191,370,352
Theaters	32	374	$13,229,242	$24,505,711
Music festival and event organizations	31	83	$6,597,926	$12,262,321
History museums	24	130	$7,326,686	$40,737,682
Media production and publishing organizations	22	25	$11,638,631	$28,042,792
Cultural and ethnic awareness organizations	22	6	$1,085,281	$728,395
Arts education organizations	17	20	$1,197,668	$787,067

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Job trends for Portland, ME arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

Employees per organization	Number of organizations
0	41
1-10	54
11-25	15
26-100	11
101 to 1,000	6
1,000+	0

Key takeaways for employment stats:

Employment in Portland, ME arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits is driven by large organizations like Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation, Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO), Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT), Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine, and Portland Museum of Art (PMA).

Sizes of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Portland

Revenues per organization	Number of organizations
< $250k	113
$250k to $1M	54
$1M to $5M	17
$5M to $25M	6
$25M to $100M	2
$100M+	0

Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Large organizations like Permanent Archive Fund, Archive Sustaining Foundation, Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation, Portland Museum of Art (PMA), and Better World Libraries earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Portland, ME arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits.
Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 17.7% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Portland, ME arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Portland

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Bowdoin International Music Festival

Bowdoin International Music Festival trains gifted young musicians with world-class artists and presents concert series, masterclasses, and performances showcasing top classical standards.

Revenue

$7.9m

Assets

$11.0m

Employees

EIN

04-3384601

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Portland Museum of Art (PMA)

The Portland Museum of Art strives to enrich the lives of people through acquisition, preservation, and interpretation of the visual arts and the Museum's architecturally significant buildings.

Revenue

$14.6m

Assets

$96.1m

Employees

133

EIN

01-0378420

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO)

The Portland Symphony Orchestra's mission is to serves our community by enriching lives through music.

Revenue

$5.5m

Assets

$16.9m

Employees

290

EIN

01-6006058

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation

Preserving an iconic playhouse, producing world-class performances, and cultivating new works in Ogunquit, ME. Includes youth programming.

Revenue

$17.4m

Assets

$14.8m

Employees

418

EIN

01-0490316

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT)

We are dedicated to the total production of musical theatre. That is, our set designs, costumes and musical arrangements are original, and are designed and constructed here in Brunswick.

Revenue

$6.9m

Assets

$11.2m

Employees

203

EIN

01-0355212

IRS type

501(c)(3)

317 Main St

317 Main St creates an inclusive community for music-making, offering lessons, ensembles, and workshops in Yarmouth, ME.

Revenue

$2.1m

Assets

$7.1m

Employees

EIN

20-1424631

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Maine Maritime Museum (MMM)

Maine Maritime Museum celebrates Maine's maritime heritage and culture in order to educate the community and a worldwide audience about the important role of Maine in regional and global maritime activities.

Revenue

$3.2m

Assets

$17.2m

Employees

EIN

01-0271477

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Portland Stage Company

The leading professional theater in Northern New England, Portland Stage is committed to creating great art, passionate about using the theater to educate, and dedicated to enriching our community.

Revenue

$2.4m

Assets

$9.2m

Employees

100

EIN

51-0143171

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Agawam Council (ACC)

The Agawam Cultural Council is an all-volunteer local partner of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and is funded, in part, by the MCC. The ACC is charged with advancing the Arts in our community by dispersing state-provided monies via a.

Revenue

$2.7m

Assets

$11.8m

Employees

EIN

22-2577250

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Indigo Arts Alliance

Indigo Arts Alliance empowers underrepresented artists by providing studio spaces, workshops, and community-centered programs to build global connections.

Revenue

$3.3m

Assets

$4.4m

Employees

EIN

83-1809512

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Maine Humanities Counci (MHC)

The Maine Humanities Council, a statewide non-profit organization, uses the humanities-- literature, history, philosophy, and culture -- as a tool for positive change in Maine communities.

Revenue

$2.6m

Assets

$4.5m

Employees

EIN

01-0339295

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine

Interactive museum and theatre promoting children's development through exploration, play, and performance. Located in Portland, ME.

Revenue

$3.3m

Assets

$14.7m

Employees

159

EIN

01-0352258

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Maine Historical Society (MHS)

MHS is a historical societies or organization in Portland, ME whose mission is: The Maine Historical Society preserves the heritage and history of Maine.

Revenue

$2.9m

Assets

$15.0m

Employees

EIN

01-0211530

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Portland Ovations

Portland Ovations contributes to the cultural, social, and economic wellbeing of our community by presenting an array of high quality performing artists from around the world and creating diverse educational experiences that bring the enjoyment, energy, a....

Revenue

$3.2m

Assets

$3.9m

Employees

EIN

01-0350707

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Gorham Arts Alliance

Gorham Arts Alliance enriches and strengthens the community with cultural experiences through visual and performing arts while encouraging creativity and learning.

Revenue

$871.1k

Assets

$316.9k

Employees

EIN

35-2399693

IRS type

501(c)(3)

SPACE Gallery

SPACE is a nonprofit organization that supports contemporary arts projects, champions artists, and encourages an open exchange of ideas.

Revenue

$1.1m

Assets

$1.5m

Employees

EIN

51-0432635

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Maine Academy of Modern Music

Maine music school emphasizing rock, contemporary genres. Offers individual/group lessons, workshops, performances and camps in 4 locations including Portland.

Revenue

$1.1m

Assets

$21.3k

Employees

EIN

26-0835852

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Palaver Strings

Palaver Strings: musician-led nonprofit string ensemble inspiring community through music, fostering creativity and dialogue with diverse backgrounds. Based in Portland, ME.

Revenue

$777.8k

Assets

$110.2k

Employees

EIN

47-4914834

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Ogunquit Museum of Art

Ogunquit Museum of Art promotes and preserves American art, engaging a diverse audience through exhibitions, collections, and educational programs in a unique setting.

Revenue

$1.6m

Assets

$4.6m

Employees

EIN

01-6010628

IRS type

501(c)(3)

Maine State Ballet

Inspiring ballet education and performances for Maine community. School offers instruction in ballet, jazz, tap, musical theatre to 300+ students. Located in Falmouth.

Revenue

$1.3m

Assets

$2.5m

Employees

EIN

01-0420070

IRS type

501(c)(3)

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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.

This category corresponds to the "A00: Arts, Culture, and Humanities: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.

Portland, ME arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

Types of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Portland

Job trends for Portland, ME arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits

Sizes of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Portland

Directory of arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits in Portland

Bowdoin International Music Festival

Portland Museum of Art (PMA)

Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO)

Ogunquit Playhouse Foundation

Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT)

317 Main St

Maine Maritime Museum (MMM)

Portland Stage Company

Agawam Council (ACC)

Indigo Arts Alliance

Maine Humanities Counci (MHC)

Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine

Maine Historical Society (MHS)

Portland Ovations

Gorham Arts Alliance

SPACE Gallery

Maine Academy of Modern Music

Palaver Strings

Ogunquit Museum of Art

Maine State Ballet

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